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Madigan probes education office as page 9A reports. ROTC volunteers assist migrant housing on page 9A. Court reports list marriage licenses and divorces for Franklin Perry Jackson Union Williamson on page 14A. Supreme Court to weigh inmate visit limits on page 8C. Market rally marks biggest weekly gain in 20 years on page 1C. Northwest and United flagged among airline troubles on page 1C. War boosts production at Oklahoma bomb factory on page 1E. Weather: partly sunny today with upper 60s, tonight partly cloudy upper 40s, Monday partly cloudy near 70. The Southern Illinoisan.
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Perry
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Williamson
Local family keeps faith as son serves in Iraq
Darrell Brent Walker, lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, moved with his battalion into Iraq from the Kuwait border as air raid sirens sounded in Baghdad. His parents, Darrell and Donna Walker of Pankeyville, hold a long family military tradition with three generations pictured in service during World War II and Vietnam.
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Harrisburg
Darrell Walker
Liberty Mine
Donna Walker
Ross Cottom Lanes
Ally
Muddy
Baghdad
Pankeyville
Darrell
Brent
Walker
U.S. Marine Corps
Kuwait
Marine
Third Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Iraq
Donna Walkers
Vietnam
Brent Walker
Michael Dann
Soldier detained after grenade attack at 101st camp in Kuwait
U S soldiers at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait were struck by grenades early Sunday injuring 14, four seriously. One American soldier was detained hiding in a bunker. motive likely resentment. Eleven evacuees taken to hospitals. attack targeted the 1st Brigade command center.
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Kuwait City
101St Airborne Division
Kuwait
101St Airborne
Max Blumenfeld
U.S. Army
101St Division
Camp
Pennsylvania
Blumenfeld
Tougher days ahead in Iraq as forces brace for tougher fight
The war against Iraq may intensify with Republican Guard clashes in Baghdad and potential chemical threats. Gen. Tommy Franks warned of surprises as U S forces seek to seize streets and track Saddam Hussein while northern operations face new complications. Bush cautioned the conflict could last longer and be harder than expected.
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Iraq
Republican Guard
Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
Tommy Franks
U.S
Bush
Franks
Saddam
Coalition edges closer to Baghdad in push toward Basra
U S forces moved within 150 miles of Baghdad and besieged Basra as Cobra helicopters and tanks led the advance. A grenade attack in Kuwait wounded 13 soldiers. officials warned of tough fights ahead while 1,000 to 2,000 Iraqis were in allied custody.
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U.S
Baghdad
Basra
Kuwait
Highway 80
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Saddam
Stanley McChrystal
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101St Airborne Division
Camp
New York
Bill seeks split of SIU campuses in surprise move
State Rep. Jay Hoffman filed House Bill 3465 in February proposing dismantling the SIU board and separating Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses under separate boards while placing the Springfield School of Medicine under SIUE. Changes planned to be complete by July 1, triggering reactions from SIU officials.
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Southern Illinois
Jay Hoffman
Dcollinsville
Illinois House of Representatives
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Edwardsville
School of Medicine
Springfield
SIUC
SIUE
Hoffman
SIU
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